† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupOshkoshWisconsinUnited States
German41.6%35.8%12.5%
Irish9.9%10.4%9.4%
Polish6.6%7.6%2.2%
English6.3%6.7%9.5%
Norwegian4.3%6.1%—
American4.1%3.4%5.3%
French2.9%2.2%1.6%
Dutch2.7%——
Mexican2.9%5.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.8%1.1%1.8%
African American†3.6%5.3%9.9%
African1.1%0.2%0.5%
Hmong2.6%1.0%—
Chinese0.5%0.4%1.3%
Asian Indian0.3%0.6%1.4%
Pakistani0.3%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Oshkosh
Wisconsin
United States
Median age
34.4
40.5
39.1
Age 18–24
18.1%
9.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.5%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Oshkosh
Wisconsin
United States
Median household income
$62,188
$77,485
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.5%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
27.3%
33.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Oshkosh
Wisconsin
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.8%
9.1%
22.3%
Spanish
2.0%
5.0%
13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
2.4%
1.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Oshkosh
Wisconsin
United States
Catholic
—
21.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
14.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
52.0%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+2.9%
2008
+20.8%
2012
+15.7%
2016
+4.2%
2020
+8.6%
2024
+7.7%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
53.2%Harris16,699
45.5%Trump14,284
1.4%
D+7.7
R+1.0
D+9.2
31,414
D
53.1%Biden16,980
44.4%Trump14,213
2.5%
D+8.6
D+4.5
D+4.2
31,994
D
48.1%Clinton15,243
43.9%Trump13,914
8.0%
D+4.2
R+11.5
D+2.1
31,680
D
57.0%Obama18,859
41.2%Romney13,655
1.8%
D+15.7
R+5.1
D+11.9
33,109
D
59.8%Obama20,155
38.9%McCain13,124
1.3%
D+20.8
D+17.9
D+13.6
33,723
D
50.9%Kerry17,121
47.9%Bush16,130
1.2%
D+2.9
—
D+5.4
33,644
Oshkosh sits at the confluence of the Fox River and Lake Winnebago, anchoring a mid-size industrial economy that keeps its electorate closely divided — recent statewide contests here have rarely been decided by more than a few percentage points.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 20.8 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 7.7 points.
A population of 66,729, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,188 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sheboygan and Appleton.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Oshkosh, Wisconsin voted Democratic by 7.7 points (D+7.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 31,414 votes cast, 16,699 went Democratic and 14,284 went Republican.
How many people live in Oshkosh, Wisconsin?
Oshkosh, Wisconsin has a population of 66,729 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Oshkosh, Wisconsin?
Median household income in Oshkosh, Wisconsin is $62,188 — below the national median of $80,734. The Wisconsin state median is $77,485.
What is the political history of Oshkosh, Wisconsin?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Oshkosh, Wisconsin from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
